Risk is the lifeblood of Thodos Dance Chicago’s annual “New Dances” program. Case in point: seasoned choreographer Jessica Miller Tomlinson and relative newcomer Michael McDonald joined forces for one of the eight premieres being presented by company dancers this year, to find out how her self-described “line-oriented” style would combine with what he calls his “ooey-gooey” fluidity. Turns out, they cook. Working day by day without a specific plan, Tomlinson and McDonald produced an intense, mysterious quintet called 93 83. An experimental rock composition by guitarist Adrian Belew and a stirring cello-piano piece by Christian Matjias and Crispin Campbell drive the dance to a furious emotional pitch.
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7/27-7/29: Fri-Sat 8 PM, Sun 5 PM, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn, 312-266-6255, thodosdancechicago.org, $10-$35.
